21,561 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Marilyn Monroe recorded a handful of songs for the 20th Century Fox film 'There's No Business Like Show Business' in 1954, and HMV issued some of these in Britain on their popular B-series. B10847 couples 'Heat Wave' with 'After You Get What You Want, You Don't Want It.' Crossover appeal from film collectors means these are consistently sought after beyond the gramophone market.AI summary
His Master's Voice B10847 Personalities (Prs)
Marilyn Monroe recorded very little for disc; this His Master's Voice pressing of 'Heat Wave' and 'After You Get What You Want' from the mid-1950s captures the screen star in a rare vocal outing.AI summary
His Master's Voice B10847 Personalities (Prs)
Marimbaphone Band performing 'At the Cotton Pickers' Ball' and a novelty piece on Columbia 2909, a British dance recording from the 1920s.AI summary
Columbia 2909 Instrumental
Meloto 1824 Hawaiian
Italian baritone Mario Ancona singing the Prologue from Leoncavallo's "Pagliacci", an early single-sided acoustic recording on G&T.AI summary
G&T 052075z Opera
Mario Ancona was a celebrated Italian baritone who had a major international career at Covent Garden, the Metropolitan and La Scala in the 1890s and early 1900s. This Pathé disc, catalogue 4300, contains 'Chanson de l'Adieu' and Hahn's 'L'Heure Exquise'. Pathé pressed in limited quantities for named artists of this calibre; Ancona's recordings are of collector interest.AI summary
Pathé 4300 Opera
Mario Chamlee, a celebrated American tenor of the 1920s–30s, sings two hymn-like pieces on Brunswick: 'Open the Gates of the Temple' and 'Hosanna'. Chamlee was known for operetta and light classical tenor repertoire.AI summary
Brunswick 30110 Opera
Mario Chamlee, American operatic tenor, on Brunswick 50021 performing Ave Maria and Agnus Dei. Chamlee had a long Metropolitan Opera career in the 1920s–1930s; this is a classical vocal recording from that era.AI summary
Brunswick 50021 Opera
Mario Chamlee, an American operatic tenor of the early 20th century, recorded operatic arias on Brunswick, likely from the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Brunswick 50030 Opera
Mario Chamlee, the American operatic tenor, recorded 'My Desire' and 'Mother O My Mother!' for Brunswick, catalogue 10188; Chamlee was a prominent lyric tenor of the 1920s–30s and his recordings remain sought by opera and vocal collectors.AI summary
Brunswick 10188 Opera
Mario Chamlee on Brunswick 10230, performing 'Parted' and 'My Dreams'. Chamlee was an American tenor and light-opera singer active in the 1920s-30s.AI summary
Brunswick 10230 Opera
Mario Chamlee, a celebrated American tenor of the 1920s-30s, records two operatic songs for Brunswick — Chamlee was known for concert and operatic roles and these would reflect that standing.AI summary
Brunswick 15037 Opera
Mario Chamlee was an American tenor of the 1920s–30s who recorded for major labels; this Brunswick side features him in popular song repertoire.AI summary
Brunswick 10026 Voice
Mario Chamlee, the American tenor, performing Leoncavallo's 'Vesti la Giubba' and Puccini's 'E Lucevan le Stelle' on Brunswick 15130, standard operatic repertoire.AI summary
Brunswick 15130 Opera
Mario Chamlee singing 'Had You But Known' and 'Serenade Francaise' on Brunswick, concert and sentimental tenor repertoire from the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Brunswick 15136 Voice
Mario de Pietro is an unidentified artist on a Decca F-series pressing from the late 1940s-early 1950s, performing novelty or dance numbers.AI summary
Decca F1894
Mario de Pietro performing classical repertoire on Homochord, a British label of the 1920s–early 1930s.AI summary
Hom H531 Classical
Mario de Pietro performing light popular songs on Broadcast 123. Broadcast was a small British budget label; artist is unrecognised.AI summary
Broadcast 123 Voice
Mario de Pietro performing 'Czardas' and 'Tarantella Giocosa' on Decca F1952, likely a violinist playing virtuoso showpieces.AI summary
Decca F1952 Instrumental
Mario de Pietro's Hawaiian Trio on Broadcast 153, performing 'Hello Aloha how are you' and 'Hawaiian waltz' — a Hawaiian-music side from a small British label.AI summary
Broadcast 153 Hawaiian
Mario Harp Lorenzi recorded 'Le Cygne' (Saint-Saëns' 'The Swan') and 'Rendezvous' for Columbia, offering harp performances of salon-classical repertoire; a specialist instrumentalist.AI summary
Columbia FB1994 Instrumental
Mario Harp Lorenzi and his Rythmics recorded jazz standards for Columbia in the 1930s. Harp Lorenzi was an Italian-American jazz ensemble leader of minor standing.AI summary
Columbia FB1168 Jazz
Mario Lorenzi on Columbia, recorded for the company's FB (12-inch) series; these instrumental pieces exploit the harp's timbre in the interwar period.AI summary
Columbia FB1916 Instrumental
Mario Lorenzi performing harp music with Scottish and Irish titles on Broadcast, a small British label.AI summary
Broadcast 3205 Instrumental
Mario Sammarco, the renowned Italian baritone, recorded 'Eri tu' (the famous aria from Verdi's Un Ballo in Maschera) for His Master's Voice on the 2-052011 catalogue number, indicating a serious operatic release. Sammarco was a celebrated recording artist in the early years of the gramophone and his HMV recordings remain sought by collectors of operatic singing.AI summary
His Master's Voice 2-052011 Opera
Mario Sammarco, a celebrated Italian baritone of the early 20th century, performs the Prologue from Leoncavallo's Pagliacci on His Master's Voice. Sammarco was one of the most important baritones of his era and a prolific recording artist.AI summary
His Master's Voice 2-052031 Opera
Mario Sammarco performs 'Non Più Andrò' (Fiorello's aria from Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro) on His Master's Voice. This is one of Sammarco's numerous operatic recordings for HMV.AI summary
His Master's Voice 2-052042 Opera
Marion Green recorded two songs with traditional English themes for Columbia in the 1920s-30s. Green is not documented as a major artist.AI summary
Columbia L1306 Voice
Marion Harris, an American torch and jazz singer of the 1920s, on Brunswick, performing 'Someone Else Walked Right In' and 'Dirty Hands, Dirty Face'. Harris was popular but not a major star; Brunswick was a major label.AI summary
Brunswick 2458 Voice
Marion Harris was one of the earliest and most important American jazz-influenced female vocalists of the 1920s, known for her contralto and her recordings of jazz standards. This Brunswick pressing captures her singing "It Had To Be You" and "How Come You Do Me Like You Do".AI summary
Brunswick 2610 Jazz
Marion Harris, an influential American jazz and blues vocalist of the 1920s, recorded 'I'm a Jazz Vampire' and 'Never Let No One Man Worry Your Mind' on Columbia A3328. Harris was one of the earliest white singers to record jazz and blues material.AI summary
Columbia A3328 Jazz
Marion Harris, the pioneering 1920s jazz vocalist (see 3481), recorded "Tea for Two" and "Blues Have Got Me" for Brunswick, capturing her signature style during the jazz age.AI summary
Brunswick 2747 Jazz
Marion Harris, an American blues and popular singer of the 1920s, recorded 'Would You Like to Take a Walk?' and 'My Canary Has Circles Under His Eyes' for Columbia.AI summary
Columbia DB453 Voice
Marion Harris, an American popular singer of the 1920s, performing 'Spring Is Here Again' and 'Getting Sentimental' on Columbia DB851.AI summary
Columbia DB851 Voice
Marion Harris, American jazz and popular singer of the 1920s, performing the jazz standards 'Aggravatin Papa' and 'Hot Lips' on Brunswick.AI summary
Brunswick 2345 Jazz
Marion Harris was an American jazz and popular singer of the 1920s; this Brunswick recording captures her voice during the early jazz era when she was one of the first white female singers to record jazz material.AI summary
Brunswick 2370 Jazz
Marion Harris, an American blues and jazz vocalist, performing 'Two Time Dan' and 'That Red Head Gal' on Brunswick 2434, a mid-1920s pressing; Harris was a major recording star of the 1920s.AI summary
Brunswick 2434 Voice
Marion Harris performing 'Waitin for the Evening Mail' and 'Who's sorry now' on Brunswick 2443. Harris was an American mezzo-soprano and early recording star, popular in the 1920s.AI summary
Brunswick 2443 Voice
Marion Harris, an American singer whose smooth vaudeville style influenced early jazz vocalists, recorded "For Johnny and Me" and W.C. Handy's "A Good Man is Hard to Find" for Victor in the acoustic era.AI summary
Victor 18535 Voice
Marion Harris, a popular American jazz and blues singer of the 1920s, on Columbia catalogue A3367, performing 'Look for the Silver Lining' and 'I'm gonna do it if I like'. Harris was among the first white singers to record jazz material and had significant commercial success.AI summary
Columbia A3367 Jazz
Marion Harris, an American jazz and popular singer of the 1920s, on Decca F3954 with 'Oo ooh Honey' and 'One Morning in May'.AI summary
Decca F3954 Jazz
Marion Harris, the American jazz-age vocalist admired for her early blues-inflected pop style, sings 'Somebody Loves Me' and 'Charleston Charlie' on Brunswick.AI summary
Brunswick 2735 Jazz
Marion Harris, an American jazz and blues vocalist of the 1920s, recorded two standards—'Blue Again' and 'Ten Cents a Dance'—for Brunswick in the late 1920s.AI summary
Brunswick 01086 Jazz
Marion Jerome was a British or American entertainer whose 'The Dashing Little Duke' appears on the obscure GC label. Very little is known about this artist or the label from standard discographies.AI summary
Gramophone Company 3829
Marion Jerome and Charles Handy performing 'Our Farm' on His Master's Voice 2-4005, from the acoustic era around 1905–1910.AI summary
His Master's Voice 2-4005
Marius B Winter's band recorded for Broadcast, a British budget label; this disc of 'Swingin in a Hammock' and 'Harmonica Harry' is typical of the light dance and novelty repertoire of the early 1930s.AI summary
Broadcast 2587 Dance
Marius Chambon was a French singer who recorded for Beka Records, the Berlin-based pressing firm that operated an extensive European network in the early years of the twentieth century. This disc, Beka 7607, contains 'Promenade du Paysan'; Chambon does not appear prominently in standard discographic references, and French-language Beka vocal pressings from this period are uncommon outside specialist collections.AI summary
Beka 7607 Voice
Marius François Gaillard, a French pianist, recorded Debussy's *Suite Bergamasque* (Prelude and Clair de Lune) for Parlophone's E-series, a prestige British label of the 1920s–1930s. Debussy's piano works are central to the classical piano repertoire, and Gaillard was a respected French virtuoso.AI summary
Parlophone E11202 Classical